Japan's indices close the first session of the week down.

Japanese stock indices closed down at the end of trading today, Monday

Losses were recorded in several sectors,

most notably the food and real estate sectors.

Among the most prominent leading stocks that declined are:

NH Foods shares down 10.9%

Seiko Epson shares down 9.9%

TDK Corp shares down 8.9%

The Nikkei index also declined by 2.6%.